External Mining Permit 92-10 Deny a new rock quarry permit - protect Crabtree Creek (4)

Johnson, Robert E
Michaell Regain, Secretary DEQ,
To whom it imay concern and to anyone who wiH Illistein,
I'm inot the type to take the time to write Iletteirs to anyone about ainytINling, Ibut this issue is
something 1I Ibelfieve is imore thain worth imy time, and you absolutelly shoUld too
Urnstead State Park was created to Ipreseirve inatuire for the enjoyment of Ipeople, and the
nouirishirneint of aH the creatures who ineed a habitat. It Ilegalllly Ibelbings to the IpulbBlic, and that
shoUld Ibe enough to stop the irli6cubus notion that a Iprlivate company coUld seize the Ilaind for
their owin gain. It appears, however, that the Ipoweirs that Ibe ineed evein imore of a ireasoin to
deiny the atrocity of Ilaind destruction, so (let ire list a few:
The Odd FeElows Tract has Ibeein identified as a "Cirificall IL.aind Acquisition Direct" Iby INC State
Parks for Urnstead State Park for water quafity protection and IpoteintGall forested Ibilke traHs.
The 1Boy Scouts have camped, Inflked, and bilked oin this Ipropeirty since 1958; how imainy
others coUld Hind their (love of inatuire sparked or their llinineir peace fed liin this space?
A inew quarry at Odd FeElows Tract would seveir the nine known Mldllllfe corridor connecting
RaIleiglh to the rest of the Eastern WHdway that ruins from Canada to Florida. We cannot (let
that happen; to think that we Ihuinrrains are above the inatui4l wodd is Ihubds. Too imuch of our
inatui4l wodd has aIliready Ibeein destroyed liin the inairne of progress or Ipeirsoinall (profit, and we
are seeing the impacts of that liin aIlairmiing ways. Why would anyone think it's a good idea to
destroy evein imoire? EspeciaEly lain such a iralpidlly devebpiing area? We have aIliready doine the
hard work of deciding this Ilaind is worth protecting; we must keep it that way!

In Illight of aH that, here is a list of what l ask of the you
For the DEQ
1. Deny Welke Stone Corp's application for a inew iroclk amine (Permit 92 10) due to the
negative llimpacts on Urnstead State Park, Crabtree Greek, the East Coast Gireenway,
recreation lien the Old Reedy Cireelk Corridor and the three adjacent Ihomeowneirs.
We've already seen the impact they've had to th6lir ineighboirs off Hairirisoin ird, and the
poHution of this would llimpact inatuire and Ipeople for decades if this is aHowed to go through
2. Restore the Sunset Clause to the current Welke Stone quarry operations that were
promised to end lien 2031, 50 years from 1981.
This is IpulbBlic hand. A Iprlivate company asked to inot oimly use it, Ibut to imiine and talke
owineirsNlp of what is Ibelbw the dirt and ir9iglhtfUllly Ibelbings to the owneirs of the hand (agallin, the
�public). The sunset clause was a con6tion to that Ibeliing (permitted. The reirnovall of it without
any IpulbBlic comment is alkin to theft. You cannot chainge the terms of a contract without aIkl
�pairties Ibelling lien agreement. We, the Ipublic, are inot.
3. Establish and rna�lintallin that as recreation areas gireenways should have a 250ft
undisturbed Ibuffeir (old Reedy Cireelk Road) to rna�lintallin the gireenway experience. No Ibeirms
or walls within that Ibuffeir zone.
For IpulbBlic officialls:
Flease see imy imessage to the DEQ as an Iiin6cation of imy opposition agallinst the quarry, and
l Ilimplore you to (please send a imessage to the DEQ imalkiing your opposition agallinst the
quarry Ikinown, as welH.
As a Ipulbllic official, you are lien your role to Ibe the voice of the Ipublic at these imeetiings and lien
these contexts where the thousainds of us you represent cannot aIkl Ibe Ipreseint. We ineed you
to spealk up! Indeed, it is your duty as our representative to do so!
Flease do inot let faincy wordsmiths or anyone else try to convince you that destroylling this
�piece of land for is a good choice. We, the (people, ineed this land Intact; the earth and aIkl its
Inhabitaints ineed this land Intact; (please do eveirytINIng lien your Ipoweir to Ikeelp it the way it was
meant to Ibe.

Clhellsea Hairtweg
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